Monthly Archives: June 2017

Nitai works at The Hutong, a cultural exchange center based in Beijing, China. We discussed the types of trips he runs through the Hutong, ranging from Great Wall excursions to bicycling around Yunnan province.

My guest today is Debbie Ma. She's from Taiwan and has lived for a long time in Beijing. She's an acupuncturist and home brewer. She taught me the basics of how acupuncture works and we discussed the home-brewing scene here in Beijing, as well as travel in Japan.

If you are in Beijing and want to set up an acupuncture appointment with Debbie, you can find her on Wechat under the ID “beeforce”.

Show Notes:

I mentioned staying in the village of Shaxi in Yunnan Province. Here's a podcast I did with Fei Fei Huo (霍婉菲), one of the owners of the hostel where I stayed.

I was surprised that I had never heard of the N Beer Pub, considering that it's one of the biggest in Beijing. Then again, it's on the opposite side of the city from where I live, and I'm not that tuned-in to the craft beer culture here to begin with.

Here's an article from Timeout Beijing about the best craft beers in Beijing. I actually have been to all of these places, and I can confirm that their beer is delicious.

My guest today is Lisa Gay. She has lived in China and Japan for a number of years. We talked about her upcoming trip around China, swapped our worst Greyhound bus stories, and talked a bit about traveling in Japan.

I said that pandas were once legendary creatures. This was only partly true. Pandas were known, though not famous, in ancient China. They were indeed thought to be a myth in the West until 1869, when a French missionary sent a panda pelt to Europe.

Speaking of myths, this BBC article sheds some light on panda mating habits in captivity vs. in the wild.

In 2008, Vince Li killed and ate his fellow Greyhound bus passenger in Canada. I was shocked to learn that he was released earlier this year, after spending nine years in a Mental Health Center.

The International Olympic Committee has 95 members. The USA has four of those members. Lichtenstein, Monaco, Luxembourg and North Korea each have a single member, so when voting, the USA has as much power as those countries.

Welcome to my humble domain! My name is Dan Perry. Once upon a time I spent 1000 days traveling in South America, and I documented my entire trip on this website. Now I live in Hong Kong with my wife Katie.

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